Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Nares, Robert

by Joseph Foster

Nares, Robert, s. James, of York (city), doctor. Christ Church, matric. 30 May, 1771, aged 18; B.A. 1775, M.A. 1778, vicar of Easton Mauduit, Northants, 1782, vicar of Great Doddington 1784, usher Westminster School 1786-8, preacher at Lincoln's Inn 1788 to 1803, assistant librarian British Museum 1795, librarian MS. department until 1807, rector of Sharnford, co. Leicester, 1798-9, preb. of St. Paul's 1798, canon residentiary of Lichfield 1798, archdeacon of Stafford 1801, vicar of Dalby, co. Derby, vicar of St. Mary, Reading, 1805-18, rector of All Hallows, London Wall, 1818-29, F.S.A. 1795, F.R.S. 1804, vice-president Linnean Society 1823, died 23 March, 1829, author of 'A Glossary of Words,' etc. See Alumni West., 395.